​The United Kingdom's prime minister authorized the deployment of up to 125 additional British troops to Iraq where they would join the coalition countering Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists as the UK government steps up its efforts to provide training to Iraqi forces.

Twenty-nine years ago, a man intruded into a live HBO telecast from the teleport where he worked. This was a form of jamming satellite communications, or SATCOM, and highlighted a vulnerability to SATCOM that the military relies upon heavily to meet global communications needs.